Arnaut

English Alternative forms en Arnaout Etymology From en tr arnavut, from en ota آرناوود arnavut an Albanian. Entered Ottoman Turkish from the Medieval Greek ethnonym Arvanitis (Ἀρβανίτης) after the syllable cluster van was rearranged through metathesis to nav giving the final Turkish forms as Arnavut and Arnaut. Meanwhile in Greek the name Arvanitis was derived from the original term Alvanitis (Ἀλβάνίτης) as a process of rhotacism Alv- into Arv-. In return Alvanitis stems from the name Alvanos (Ἀλβάνος) Albanian, from en grc Ἀλβανοί.de 2007 Ulrich Theißen Zeitschrift für Balkanologie 90 https://books.google.com/books?id=j7YWAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Der+urspr%C3%BCngliche%22 Der ursprüngliche Name ἀλβανίτης (abgeleitet von ἀλβάνος) wurde im Neugriechischen zu ἀρβανίτης. In türkischer Vermittlung erfuhr die Silbe -van- eine Metathese zu -nav-, so dass die türkische Form des Namens für die Albaner arnavut bzw. arnaut lautet. In dieser Form gelangte das Wort ins Bulgarische (BER I/1971: 15). The original name ἀλβανίτης (derived from ἀλβάνος) became ἀρβανίτης in Modern Greek. In being mediated to Turkish, the syllable -van- underwent metathesis to -nav-, so that the Turkish form of the name for the Albanians is Arnavut or Arnaut. In this form, the word passed into Bulgarian (BER I/1971: 15).en 1998 Noel Malcolm Kosovo: A Short History London Macmillan 29 https://archive.org/details/kosovoshorthisto00malc/page/29/mode/1up The name used in all these references is, allowing for linguistic variations, the same: 'Albanenses' or 'Arbanenses' in Latin, 'Albanoi' or 'Arbanitai' in Medieval Greek. (The last of these, with an internal switching of consonants, gave rise to the Turkish form 'Arnavud', from which 'Arnaut' was later derived.) Pronunciation en /ˈɑɹˌnaʊt/ US Noun en historical An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, especially an Albanian serving in the Turkish army. 18 I know him by his jet-black barb, / Though now array'd in Arnaut garb, [...] en historical military A Greek, Albanian, Bulgarian or Serbian soldier, recruited to serve as body-guard to officials in the 18th-19th c. Wallachia and Moldavia. Greek militia units formed in Crimea, 1769.Nouveau Dictionnaire Militaire. Paris, 1892, p. 56. ARNAUTES ou ARNOUTS.: "Milice grecque, créée en 1769, pour garder les côtes de la Crimée." en 1844 Thomas Gordon History of the Greek Revolution 1 1 2nd http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21811/21811-h/21811-h.htm Included under the generic name of Arnauts, it was recruited from Roumeliote Greeks, Albanians, Bulgarians, and Servians, who acted as body-guards to the princes, the great functionaries, and eve the simple Boyards [in Danubian Principalities, early 19th c.] Translations Albanian, especially one serving in the Ottoman army Portuguese: pt arnauta m, pt Arnauto m References Anagrams en aanrtu Arunta at a run Basque Alternative forms eu Eñaut Etymology From a Gascon variant of the name eu goh Arnwald. Pronunciation Proper noun an eu male Arnold Declension an.pr References Serbo-Croatian Etymology From sh tr arnavut, from sh ota آرناوود arnavut an Albanian. Entered Ottoman Turkish from the Medieval Greek ethnonym Arvanitis (Ἀρβανίτης) after the syllable cluster van was rearranged through metathesis to nav giving the final Turkish forms as Arnavut and Arnaut. Meanwhile in Greek the name Arvanitis was derived from the original term Alvanitis (Ἀλβάνίτης) as a process of rhotacism Alv- into Arv-. In return Alvanitis stems from the name Alvanos (Ἀλβάνος) Albanian, from sh grc Ἀλβανοί.de 2007 Ulrich Theißen Zeitschrift für Balkanologie 90 https://books.google.com/books?id=j7YWAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Der+urspr%C3%BCngliche%22 Der ursprüngliche Name ἀλβανίτης (abgeleitet von ἀλβάνος) wurde im Neugriechischen zu ἀρβανίτης. In türkischer Vermittlung erfuhr die Silbe -van- eine Metathese zu -nav-, so dass die türkische Form des Namens für die Albaner arnavut bzw. arnaut lautet. In dieser Form gelangte das Wort ins Bulgarische (BER I/1971: 15). The original name ἀλβανίτης (derived from ἀλβάνος) became ἀρβανίτης in Modern Greek. In being mediated to Turkish, the syllable -van- underwent metathesis to -nav-, so that the Turkish form of the name for the Albanians is Arnavut or Arnaut. In this form, the word passed into Bulgarian (BER I/1971: 15).en 1998 Noel Malcolm Kosovo: A Short History London Macmillan 29 https://archive.org/details/kosovoshorthisto00malc/page/29/mode/1up The name used in all these references is, allowing for linguistic variations, the same: 'Albanenses' or 'Arbanenses' in Latin, 'Albanoi' or 'Arbanitai' in Medieval Greek. (The last of these, with an internal switching of consonants, gave rise to the Turkish form 'Arnavud', from which 'Arnaut' was later derived.) Pronunciation Arnàut sh Ar na ut Noun Arnàut m-an Arnàutka sh dated Albanian (especially from the territories surrounding the Republic of Albania) sh Iseljavanje Arnauta The Expulsion of the Albanians (1937 memorandum by Vaso Čubrilović) sh Declension Arnaut Arnauti Arnauta Arnauta Arnautu Arnautima Arnauta Arnaute Arnaute Arnauti Arnautu Arnautima Arnautom Arnautima References